Works In Progress

Project Northmain

Speculative Fiction, 23K
Work in Progress

In a future where connection is controlled, purpose is assigned, and peace is preserved at all costs, the residents of Northmain live by three principles: serve the town, trust the system, and never question the greater good.

But when the machinery of order turns its gaze on one of their own, the illusion of peace begins to crack. As automated trucks carry away those deemed unfit, and the government’s AI determines who stays and who’s sent away, a quiet resistance begins to stir—not from rebels or radicals, but from ordinary people pushed too far.

In a nation engineered for obedience, what happens when someone chooses to disobey? And who decides what a life is truly worth?